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. >> host: "the politics of abundance" how politics fix the budget and establish obama's legacy. this is about "communicators" on c-span. >> coming up next is los angeles mayor antonio villaraigosa and he talks about his push for immigration reform. then jan brewer delivers her state of the state address of arizona. and ben bernanke discusses economic issues at the university of michigan. >> tomorrow morning on "washington journal", we will have a member of the budget and armed services committee and he will talk about his gop colleagues and went is being called a conservative case more revenue. we will also talk with matthew cartwright, a member of the oversight and government reform committee. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> next monday c-span is yours. we are your front row seat for the inaugural ceremony of president obama. we will cover other festivities including the afternoon parade. throughout the day, we will take your phone calls and comments and facebook and twitter feedback. live coverage starts at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span,
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nobody talks about this. not the congressional black caucus, not obama, nobody. and this program should devote more focus on the black unemployment rate. it's actually gone up this year. okay? and then you look at this whole debate on the minimum wage. and what is -- black folks can't find jobs at $7.25 an hour, what do you think is going to happen to the unemployment rate, not only with blacks but lower skilled people if the minimum wage is $12 an hour or $10 an hour. this is a big focus, and the actual black unemployment rate in chicago is like 19%. no one talks about this. and all this government spending, it's government spending what's going to take this economy into a good situation. it would have happened by now because we're running up debt somebody has to pay for, and the liberals never talk about who is going to be around to pay this debt. >> david, we see some stories in the news about the up employment rates for african-americans. b.e.t. says it's 13.7% up employment for black americans in june. a story in huffington post says black unemployment drive
nobody talks about this. not the congressional black caucus, not obama, nobody. and this program should devote more focus on the black unemployment rate. it's actually gone up this year. okay? and then you look at this whole debate on the minimum wage. and what is -- black folks can't find jobs at $7.25 an hour, what do you think is going to happen to the unemployment rate, not only with blacks but lower skilled people if the minimum wage is $12 an hour or $10 an hour. this is a big focus, and...
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the first year the obama administration talks about the decision, should we do health care quite obama's advisers say no, do not do health care. the president wants you to focus the economy. that's where you need to put your efforts. and what essentially persuaded obama is to do health care now was his legacy. the goal that eluded presidents for a century. well, two members of the coalition presidency spent their turn maki and wouldn't be able to have the achievement, established the record to have an important legacy. that's what i think it would work out as not only my thoroughly educated guess i hope, but we have other support. switzerland i like to use as an example. does the work anywhere else? switzerland executive branch has several department heads there is no first among equals. they rotate the president the msn account others there's now five to represent 80% of the vote during the national elections. the important thing is the seven people of different parties of the political spec to work cooperatively. you might say switzerland. in fact, switzerland has its own history of po
the first year the obama administration talks about the decision, should we do health care quite obama's advisers say no, do not do health care. the president wants you to focus the economy. that's where you need to put your efforts. and what essentially persuaded obama is to do health care now was his legacy. the goal that eluded presidents for a century. well, two members of the coalition presidency spent their turn maki and wouldn't be able to have the achievement, established the record to...
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so we talk about the place president obama is and visiting. it's a personal interest here. the fewer stops the fewer memo you have to write which is no small thing. it's very interesting as i was thinking about this to compare the middle east and our role in it then and now. if you go down the major issues it's stark. the clearest difference is iraq. i won't dwell on. iraq in 2008 was one of the main theme of the trip. grow to a place like kuwait, at this time as an for example. it's different now. looking at the other issues, israel-palestinian issues in january of 2008 shortly after the conference north in maryland, at that time there was a combination of sort of promise or optimism and alarm about the peace process. promise and optimism because of the conference and negotiating process which we were hoping to kick off the time. we had had a right conference a big dispute over the construction around jeer jerusalem. some things don't change. we managed to get over that over the president's trip. by may 2008 the negotiations were underway. they have been frozen for a matte
so we talk about the place president obama is and visiting. it's a personal interest here. the fewer stops the fewer memo you have to write which is no small thing. it's very interesting as i was thinking about this to compare the middle east and our role in it then and now. if you go down the major issues it's stark. the clearest difference is iraq. i won't dwell on. iraq in 2008 was one of the main theme of the trip. grow to a place like kuwait, at this time as an for example. it's different...
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president obama's dereliction of duty, because that is what it was, in benghazi reinforce the global perception of growing american weakness. al qaeda has lost its leader but it has regained its momentum. we have done little to challenge chinese ambitions in the western pacific. we have capitulated russian demands on missile defense in europe and most of all we have failed to prevent iran from advancing towards obtaining nuclear weapons. his speech is of course the obama administration continues to insist that all options are on the table including a military option. but iran considers our actions, not president obama's words and what iran seized is a president committing to retreat. in june 2009 iran was surrounded east and west by u.s.-led troopn afghanistan and over 130,000 in iraq. that light we encouraged iranians to rise up against third government after the stolen elections that summer. we could've helped the green revolution. we could have declared the government of iran it legitimate. it needs to be a military response. we could have done something diplomatic which president
president obama's dereliction of duty, because that is what it was, in benghazi reinforce the global perception of growing american weakness. al qaeda has lost its leader but it has regained its momentum. we have done little to challenge chinese ambitions in the western pacific. we have capitulated russian demands on missile defense in europe and most of all we have failed to prevent iran from advancing towards obtaining nuclear weapons. his speech is of course the obama administration...
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that gentleman talking about the reasons that obama did not go ahead and institute is policy is simply because there are elections coming up in november for the house and that is pretty much it. my question -- and no sorry, i apologize. after get her name. the people that don't get insurance and get hurt. if they don't have the money and are ready getting subsidies they don't care if they're responsible because there's no money to get. so what is the government going to do? already paying for these people. what is the point of changing the system? it is the same thing. thank you. >> host: before you hang up, any follow-up questions? his story sounds like when you might ever before. >> guest: is out there. a lot of anecdotes about employers. holy cow firings. i suspect a lot of it is because of the uncertainty surrounding the rollout of the law. a lot will become clear about what is allowed them was not allowed. it will take a few years and to happen. >> host: this question is very much out there. if you don't have insurance in the to the emergency room and someone wrote to you and you
that gentleman talking about the reasons that obama did not go ahead and institute is policy is simply because there are elections coming up in november for the house and that is pretty much it. my question -- and no sorry, i apologize. after get her name. the people that don't get insurance and get hurt. if they don't have the money and are ready getting subsidies they don't care if they're responsible because there's no money to get. so what is the government going to do? already paying for...
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i was the second one to talk to dance with him at the ball. there is a picture in the hardback "washington post" book. they are online. while we were dancing he said we are going to do this. well, i knew that he wasn't talking about dancing. he was talking about the lily ledbetter bill. he said we are going to do this. so he saw through and he got it done and it went through and he signed it. when the pen hit the paper, it meant so much. all you do have family who are working out there today, you have that right and you have opportunity to file a charge if you find out you're being discriminated against. it was an awesome feeling. we ran into the reception that was the first that they had done since they got there. and i turned it down because they do market going to college campuses, military bases, law schools and anywhere else anybody invites me. last week i addressed the assembly in california. that was an awesome experience as well. i'd then some places with lanier and she's got three more years and do another book. it has been rail and t
i was the second one to talk to dance with him at the ball. there is a picture in the hardback "washington post" book. they are online. while we were dancing he said we are going to do this. well, i knew that he wasn't talking about dancing. he was talking about the lily ledbetter bill. he said we are going to do this. so he saw through and he got it done and it went through and he signed it. when the pen hit the paper, it meant so much. all you do have family who are working out...
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three years ago when the obama administration said the cbc about thompson, i talked with the obama administration. is that we don't want to see both super max conditions. they said we will agree to hold them to the content they are consistent with the geneva convention. so it's all negotiable. people assume the worst. i frankly think the reason a lot of people assume they shouldn't come to the united states is because there's some lawyers who benefit from guantÁnamo been open. it gives them their notoriety. the human rights organizations who are opposing that, indefinite detentions in the united states are just wrong thinking. >> jump on over over here. >> thank you. i am with washington research and analysis. happy new year. i met you last year, to. you mention the cost of detainees, that the cost, not the dollar cost, but the cost to the united states in terms of reputation and credibility of having guantÁnamo bay is probably much higher than the dollar cost. at the end of this presidential election, one of my friends in japan -- i am japanese to -- or to me and said it is a pity that the ame
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mentioned planned parenthood for times and talked about are lifesaving work. but the interesting thing is that evening his message went beyond talking to dependence and the folks that were falling the back-and-forth of the political campaign. it actually reached millions of ordinary americans because just a few days later there was a woman that showed up at a planned parenthood health center in houston texas. i'm glad all of you are here today. [applause] so this is the story. had been years since she had an exam and she found a lump in her breast she didn't know where to go. the physician said who referred you? she said i heard president obama say on tv that i could get an exam and planned parenthood. [applause] we are so proud to partner with the president to change the lives of millions of women in this country. we are proud to stand with him, and today we are so proud to be standing with us. please join me in welcoming the president of the united states, barack obama. ♪ thank you. [applause] thank you very much. thank you, everybody. thank you. [cheering
mentioned planned parenthood for times and talked about are lifesaving work. but the interesting thing is that evening his message went beyond talking to dependence and the folks that were falling the back-and-forth of the political campaign. it actually reached millions of ordinary americans because just a few days later there was a woman that showed up at a planned parenthood health center in houston texas. i'm glad all of you are here today. [applause] so this is the story. had been years...
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i learned a very young age that when we start talking about matters of war and peace that we must take these very very seriously. so i appreciate the fact that president obama came to capitol hill yesterday and spoke to both the democratic conference and the republican conference and i further appreciate very much the fact that president obama spoke to the american people last night. i actually wish he had done it a little earlier sense the chemical weapons attacks occurred on the 21st of august it was roughly three weeks after that he finally spoke to the american people and i think it would have been better for him and better for the country if he had done it sooner and demonstrated a greater urgency. but i'm glad he did it. when a president asks the american people to support our united states military and the use of military force he has a solemn obligation to communicate to the american people how able protect america's vital interests. he has an obligation to tell the american people why going to war is absolutely essential to u.s. national security. he has some application to la
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president obama with his vision or lack there of is there anything he has done right? >> the purpose of my book was not to criticize but there are things that they have to think about and look back when it comes to the middle east and south asia we have come to a point* we decided form policy doesn't matter with the 2012 election and we adopt the attitude doing less is better and we don't need to get into solving messy problems i think we make this more openly compare it to with on many foreign policy issues there are some things i wanted to raise. how do we balance between civilians and military and set forth strategy interest and pursue it? are we at the right place? even if we're not at the wrong place it is time to get out and second we have ting build with the middle east quite a lot and for the better part of 2001 through 2009 we put it at the center of global policy than me make some rattle call decisions about departing in doing things are not doing things there are some decisions we do almost like sleepwalking and do you really want to be this disengage with t
president obama with his vision or lack there of is there anything he has done right? >> the purpose of my book was not to criticize but there are things that they have to think about and look back when it comes to the middle east and south asia we have come to a point* we decided form policy doesn't matter with the 2012 election and we adopt the attitude doing less is better and we don't need to get into solving messy problems i think we make this more openly compare it to with on many...
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our guess where dean chang and cheng li who talked about the chinese economy. this is an hour and a half. >> it is in california today that president obama and the chinese president, substitutable me for two days in a short sleeve summit. it will take place at the annenberg center located at sun aliens in california. a picture today in the "financial times" to the shirtsleeves vindicating is going to be more casual nature. a combination between the two leaders about a variety of topics were focusing on these topics over next two segments on this morning's program. cheng li for brookings institution joins us. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> host: what are both leaders and countries looking for the summit? >> guest: there's three levels of object is. versus concrete issues and especially north korea and cybersecurity and also economic relationships between the united states and china. for china they also offer that can turn about the regional security and the south china sea and east china sea in these areas. also come the second level is the personal relat
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and how president obama is disliferring on campaign promises. and discuss how -- our guests of and tom of the brookings institution. washington journal is live every day on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >>> next massachusetts governor delivers his state of the commonwealth address. in the remarks he talks about investing in education, innovation and infrastructure pay for the transportation plan and education improvements. this is thirty five minutes. [applause] thank you very much. thank you, everyone. thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you very much. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] thank you. my friends -- [applause] thank you so much. to lieutenant governor murray, fellow institutional officers and members of the governor's council, miami president and members of the senate, mr. speaker and members of the house, members of the honorable court, members of the congressional delegation, municipal and other elected officials, members of the cabinet and administration, reverend clergy and most especially fellow citizens of mts. good
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there's an article today titled "obama's snooping excludes mosques boston bombers," and i was not aware when i went to the fbi website, i was not aware of the sensitive operations with the committee, so i wanted to find out what it was. apparently, if something involves things like news media, religious, or domestic and political organizations, things like that, it has to go before the review committee in order to be approved, and here's the information on the -- if it's a political organization like a tea party, a religious organization like evangelical christians, which the homeland security is so afraid of, or a mosque, apparently, he has to get approval here, and we knew and had gone through -- it seemed ridiculous to me the material we reviewed that was purged by subject matter experts was classified. it seems if you try to make the islamists feel better about training materials, you want them to see what they remove, and i'm just curious, why are the subject matter experts that the fbi went through the training material and purge anything that might be offensive to an islamist, wh
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now the president obama has been in office, for five years, you don't hear him talking about it anymore. nobody is talking about, well, senator sanders talk about it on the floor last week. give him credit for that. because he is an independent. but i haven't heard my democratic colleagues continue too repeat the fact that steadily, we're not -- we're seeing a decline in the wage rates in america, making it harder for middle class americans to get by. and what about even find a job? so the matter is not a little bitty matter. we're going to have to talk about this. and we don't need to rush this through. it's quite clear to me, crystal clear to me, that the gang of eight never discussed this. they certainly didn't call professor borhoff at harvard, the leading expert on immigration and labor, and the impact of it in america. he has written books on it. he says that i believe 40% -- i believe it was his study -- that fall in wages for american citizens is attributable to the current flow of immigrant labor into america. it pulls down wages. it's free market. you bring in more cotton into
now the president obama has been in office, for five years, you don't hear him talking about it anymore. nobody is talking about, well, senator sanders talk about it on the floor last week. give him credit for that. because he is an independent. but i haven't heard my democratic colleagues continue too repeat the fact that steadily, we're not -- we're seeing a decline in the wage rates in america, making it harder for middle class americans to get by. and what about even find a job? so the...
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obama is acutely sensitive and keenly informed about the complicated matter and the speech he delivered the of the day was the beginning. now we need him and others to use those spirits and spaces in this culture not only to edify the conversation and informs the analysis but at the end of the day to recognize that young black teenagers are children of god who deserve every protection because if those women of the jury understood trayvon as their child they may have felt his blood calling from the the ground where george zimmerman laid him to his rest. [applause] >> thank you dr. dyson. it is my pleasure now to introduce to you -- and who taught as a professor have morgan state university of baltimore. it was in baltimore of his dreams of impacting society and to help shape public policy. at the age of 38, he was elected to the united states congress to join the presidencies of reagan, president bush sr. and to as a member of the house he served as a member of the committee of the vegetation to impact commerce matters as a senior member of the small business committee. mr. mfume also se
obama is acutely sensitive and keenly informed about the complicated matter and the speech he delivered the of the day was the beginning. now we need him and others to use those spirits and spaces in this culture not only to edify the conversation and informs the analysis but at the end of the day to recognize that young black teenagers are children of god who deserve every protection because if those women of the jury understood trayvon as their child they may have felt his blood calling from...
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what president obama has talked about is lowering the tax rate. it is something that others have embraced. companies and businesses know what you're trying to do and the political discussion has been around business or tax reform and would be very interesting to try to cooperate with them. >> okay, so dealing with some of these, it is extremely difficult, right? but i think a positive thing that came out of this fiscal debate is that for the first time in a long time, the business community is unified in the sense of getting the deficit under control. and they weren't as worried about the individual tax rates that my growth as a result of having some kind of reform slaveholder that continues. so people don't argue about depreciation and so forth. i am more hopeful than a more unified view from the business community is possible and has been for a very long time. >> i just want to say one thing. but i am not fully knowledgeable of that meeting earlier today were a tax experts said you can't do individual reform and not corporate reform. when you ch
what president obama has talked about is lowering the tax rate. it is something that others have embraced. companies and businesses know what you're trying to do and the political discussion has been around business or tax reform and would be very interesting to try to cooperate with them. >> okay, so dealing with some of these, it is extremely difficult, right? but i think a positive thing that came out of this fiscal debate is that for the first time in a long time, the business...
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on the fate of several of president obama's nominations. nominees. and those proposed filibuster rules changes. we have no resolution. they are back tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern. also tomorrow those proposed senate rules changes will be parking lot of -- part of the conversation on the "washington journal" program. "washington journal" is live tomorrow and every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. later in the week ben bernanke is expected at the pair of hearings on capitol hill. it starts at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. on thursday, he testifies at the senate banking committee hearing. you can watch that live on c-span 3 as well. that gets underway at thursday at 10:30 eastern. next federal reserve board governor discusses the economy and the implementation of the dodd-frank financial law. he says that the economy despite slow growth is more table than it was leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. due to dodd-frank and increased household savings among other factors. hosted by "politico." this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations] good
on the fate of several of president obama's nominations. nominees. and those proposed filibuster rules changes. we have no resolution. they are back tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern. also tomorrow those proposed senate rules changes will be parking lot of -- part of the conversation on the "washington journal" program. "washington journal" is live tomorrow and every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. later in the week ben bernanke is expected at the pair of hearings on capitol hill. it...
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>> i'll talking about the obamacare or affordable care case. obama's decided now it's okay to call it the obamacare case. now that it's constitutional. i want to thank you, although it's a new venue, it's an equally precarious perch you put is on, on these little rickety stools. i thought the obama care decision was really interesting, and with dan and walter's permission i wrote down a few notes about some of the irony of the decision i thought i'd share with you. it was 187 page decision. and i found several ironies in the decision, legal and political ironies in the decision. we'll see if walter agrees. >> i don't, but go ahead. [laughter] >> i took these from what you said last year. no. but you've changed your mind. foremost among the ironies is the majority's conclusion that the individual mandate to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty is a legitimate exercise of congress' power to tax. during the legislative debate, think we all remember this -- the president and his allies were adamant the mandate was anything but absolutely not
>> i'll talking about the obamacare or affordable care case. obama's decided now it's okay to call it the obamacare case. now that it's constitutional. i want to thank you, although it's a new venue, it's an equally precarious perch you put is on, on these little rickety stools. i thought the obama care decision was really interesting, and with dan and walter's permission i wrote down a few notes about some of the irony of the decision i thought i'd share with you. it was 187 page...
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i think if you look at this administration in 2009, president obama began kind of a dual course. in address the issues which we have been discussing. on the one hand he announced his desire to close guantanamo, and on another hand he talked about -- through a series of executive orders and directives, he published us toward a more principled set of detention policies. now, with've been notoriously unsuccessful at closing guantanamo, and everyone here is familiar with the various political machinations that it have confounded that goal. but i think, as was discussed by all my predecessors on this panel, pushing on -- and in adding to the paths they started, i think we have been very successful in developing more principled, credible, and sustainable detention policies. now, make no mistake, the president is absolutely committed to closing guantanamo. we're also absolutely committed to transferring those detainees whose threat can be mitigated by some other means. but i want to make something clear. kind of summarizing where the united states is on detention policies. we're not com
i think if you look at this administration in 2009, president obama began kind of a dual course. in address the issues which we have been discussing. on the one hand he announced his desire to close guantanamo, and on another hand he talked about -- through a series of executive orders and directives, he published us toward a more principled set of detention policies. now, with've been notoriously unsuccessful at closing guantanamo, and everyone here is familiar with the various political...
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so much so the president obama raised the issue with chinese president and we know that this will be part of the economic dialogue to be held in washington for a few weeks. this will talk about the commission's mandate and the rule of law and recent headlines have talked about the appropriate balance between security and freedom. we cannot overlook the enormous impacts on what china has had as a stars and impact was on american companies and governments. we are talking about theft of valuable technology, commercial secrets american companies, the director of the nsa calls it the great transfer of wealth in history. the scale and scope are staggering. and it is represented here today by senator gorton, who released the peoples republic of china in being the biggest threat. it accounts for 50 to 80% of the ip theft in the united states and around the globe and found that ip theft, it cost the u.s. economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year and literally millions of jobs dragging down our gdp and undermining our ability to prosper. the commission noted that a 20 women's study by t
so much so the president obama raised the issue with chinese president and we know that this will be part of the economic dialogue to be held in washington for a few weeks. this will talk about the commission's mandate and the rule of law and recent headlines have talked about the appropriate balance between security and freedom. we cannot overlook the enormous impacts on what china has had as a stars and impact was on american companies and governments. we are talking about theft of valuable...
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she realized there was a lot of talk about america decline. what america was facing the financial crisis. and she was struck by the perception that people had of the united states and the country she loved. she believes in american leadership and people are asking her who are you? what do you stand for? are you still a superpower. everything seems to be going in meltdown in washington. she reasserted that perception of america as a global power. repaired some of the damage to alliances that america had around the world. i spoke to several foreign minister for the book. it's a layered book. whether it was the turk, the french, or pakistan the united has a difficult relationship. i had people say she was one of the greatest secretary of state the united states has had. i think history will tell you whether or wonder if the celebrity factor contributes to the perception. thing is something there worth examining. >> host: yeah. i guess the president himself is going claim she's going down in history as one of the greatest secretary of state. as yo
she realized there was a lot of talk about america decline. what america was facing the financial crisis. and she was struck by the perception that people had of the united states and the country she loved. she believes in american leadership and people are asking her who are you? what do you stand for? are you still a superpower. everything seems to be going in meltdown in washington. she reasserted that perception of america as a global power. repaired some of the damage to alliances that...
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. >> you and i talked about this. an article that appeared in the sunday new york times titled cuts give a obama path to leaner military. in that article the article essentially said that it would give the administration the sequestration cuts that allows the administration to call for deep reductions in programs long in president obama's sites, and among those programs were an additional reduction in deployed nuclear weapons and stockpiles and a restructuring -- there is other restructuring, but the issue of want to ask about is an additional reduction in deployed nuclear weapons. can you tell me right now in the article the joint chiefs agreed we could trim the number of active nuclear-weapons in america's arsenal by nearly one-third and made big cuts and stockpile and back up weapons. is there any intention by the administration right now that you're aware of or any recommendation pending to significantly reduce our active nuclear weapon arsenal by one-third or make take -- make big cuts in the stockpile of our bac
. >> you and i talked about this. an article that appeared in the sunday new york times titled cuts give a obama path to leaner military. in that article the article essentially said that it would give the administration the sequestration cuts that allows the administration to call for deep reductions in programs long in president obama's sites, and among those programs were an additional reduction in deployed nuclear weapons and stockpiles and a restructuring -- there is other...
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thanks so much for talking to us today. >> guest: thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome our honored guests, members of the united states house of representatives, members of the united states senate, the speaker of the united states house of representatives and the president of the united states. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> hello everybody. thank you. good morning and welcome to the united states capital. this is a red letter day for the american people and i'm glad that you are all here and are taking part in the celebration. since the error of reconstruction, this chamber which once was the hall of the house of representatives, has become home to statues sent by the states. today we gather to dedicate a national statute of the late rose -- parks to the cause of freedom. it's the first statue of an african-american woman to be placed in this capitol. [applause] [applause] [applause] we are honored today
thanks so much for talking to us today. >> guest: thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome our honored guests, members of the united states house of representatives, members of the united states senate, the speaker of the united states house of representatives and the president of the united states. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> hello...
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after that the foreign minister talks about security concerns of the african sahel region. then another chance to preview september she 20 summit in st. petersburg russia. homeland security secretary general not all tonneau announced today that she will be stepping down from her position after being nominated as the next president of the university of california. secretary a politician and has served as the head of the of what security department says the beginning of president obama's first term. politico reports that the secretary is expected to remain in the position until september. with the homeland security secretary departure president obama will now be faced with naming a replacement which would be subject to senate confirmation. currently senators are considering changes to rules concerning executive-branch nominations with majority leader harry reid yesterday suggesting the so-called nuclear option as a way for moving forward with current executive nominees awaiting confirmation. this was the topic of discussion at the heritage foundation in washington d.c. here i
after that the foreign minister talks about security concerns of the african sahel region. then another chance to preview september she 20 summit in st. petersburg russia. homeland security secretary general not all tonneau announced today that she will be stepping down from her position after being nominated as the next president of the university of california. secretary a politician and has served as the head of the of what security department says the beginning of president obama's first...
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president obama has included illegal appointments. one of them is even involved in an investigation. finally, the irs. we are here to talk about the iraq i are at and what they have done to target conservatives. we were fed up and we didn't know the half of it. today we have to rededicate ourselves and we have to recommit ourselves to what we started with the first place about. which is reforming the tax code and saying enough is enough to washington dc. we have too much of the money, give me back my money. we have to recommit to that. [applause] the irs scandal has caught their imagination, now is the time. now is the time for us to leave from here and go out and continue to build this movement and put pressure on politicians who do not think like us. now is the time for reform and the time and today is the day. >> my next speaker is a freshman from arizona. please ome congressman matt salmon. [cheers] [applause] >> i want to take your picture. they're only 12 people and a in a three legged dog showed up. [applause] [cheers] you are
president obama has included illegal appointments. one of them is even involved in an investigation. finally, the irs. we are here to talk about the iraq i are at and what they have done to target conservatives. we were fed up and we didn't know the half of it. today we have to rededicate ourselves and we have to recommit ourselves to what we started with the first place about. which is reforming the tax code and saying enough is enough to washington dc. we have too much of the money, give me...
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we are not talking about america going to war. president obama is not asking for a declaration of war. we are not going to war. there will be no american boots on the ground. no american boots will be on the ground. what we are talking about is a targeted and limited but consequential action that will reinforce the prohibition against chemical weapons. as secretary hagel will tell you how we can achieve that, they have a confidence to achieve that. we are talking about an action that will degrade the capacity to use these weapons and to ensure that they do not proliferate. what does the president is asking for the power to make sure that the united states of america means what we say. mr. chairman, mr. ranking member, members of this committee, i can say to you with absolute confidence that the risk of not acting is much greater than the risk of acting. if we fail to act, bashar al-assad will believe that he has licensed the ability to gas people again, and that license will turn into tactical weapons. general dempsey will tell yo
we are not talking about america going to war. president obama is not asking for a declaration of war. we are not going to war. there will be no american boots on the ground. no american boots will be on the ground. what we are talking about is a targeted and limited but consequential action that will reinforce the prohibition against chemical weapons. as secretary hagel will tell you how we can achieve that, they have a confidence to achieve that. we are talking about an action that will...
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so dpaif talked about the neutrality agreement. it wasn't neutrality agreement. it gave the information to the unions. it fobbing away the right to a secret ballot. the employee free choice act. it's not free choice. that would have taken away the right to a secret ballot and imposed mandatory arbitration, mandatory arbitration on our unions and firms. finally official time i wrote an article about official time in today's clear market.com. official time is time that government workers spend not working for the government, but working for their union. there are 35 people at the department of transportation when spend all their days, not doing anything for the federal government but only working for the union. 17 much these are air traffic controllers. 16 of these air traffic controllers are being paid six figure salvation army. for some reason, it's called official time. george would have loved it. he would have loved dave's book. which you should buy. thank you for inviting me. [applause] >> let me start off, dave, ynt tell you how important it is, as you chroni
so dpaif talked about the neutrality agreement. it wasn't neutrality agreement. it gave the information to the unions. it fobbing away the right to a secret ballot. the employee free choice act. it's not free choice. that would have taken away the right to a secret ballot and imposed mandatory arbitration, mandatory arbitration on our unions and firms. finally official time i wrote an article about official time in today's clear market.com. official time is time that government workers spend...
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. >> can you talk about about president obama's big moment in your discussions and how much he was involved? >> marty and i had the opportunity to meet with the president usually every week depending on his schedule to go over issues and over the past year, i've regularly briefed the president on this issue we had open up two positions and providing even more opportunities and he was very supportive. if i occurred, he was supportive and always encouraged us to ensure everything we did at the force better and insured readiness. he is alert to the fact that the end of the day the armed forces has to be ready. >> earlier, you said it was or is traveling around -- >> that's correct. >> while, at the cia, i can tell you we are at a point where close to 50% of the people working there. so it was for me really reassuring to see young men and women were equally dedicated to the intelligence services in coming to the army have been the opportunity to see that firsthand was again something that for me was a very special experience because i thought, you know, america stands for giving young people th
. >> can you talk about about president obama's big moment in your discussions and how much he was involved? >> marty and i had the opportunity to meet with the president usually every week depending on his schedule to go over issues and over the past year, i've regularly briefed the president on this issue we had open up two positions and providing even more opportunities and he was very supportive. if i occurred, he was supportive and always encouraged us to ensure everything we...
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i say that meaning that i expect as we talk about what health care reform means to each of us here hear, we might find different answers. some would think that health care reform has to do with access. some would think health care ought to be focused on quality. better quality. some would say health health cao be focused on the cost for the rising costs. what can we do to contain costs? what i would like to concentrate on is what is happening in the state and particularly some of the cost issues that we face here as a country. there is no question that the health care has been rising in many different ways and the cost probably are being put upon us for a variety of reasons. we got involved because like many around the country, the rising cost of health care was making it tough for businesses and for government to pay the benefit cost. the rising cost of premiums. we found out by surveying the people of utah that 70% of those who did not have insurance blamed on the rising cost of premiums. they couldn't afford them and so since we wanted to find out what could we do to in fact corral o
i say that meaning that i expect as we talk about what health care reform means to each of us here hear, we might find different answers. some would think that health care reform has to do with access. some would think health care ought to be focused on quality. better quality. some would say health health cao be focused on the cost for the rising costs. what can we do to contain costs? what i would like to concentrate on is what is happening in the state and particularly some of the cost...
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he stopped in pennsylvania to talk about his book about the civil war titled "getties berg." it's twenty five minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i loved it and thought it was the most effective. create. finish the book last week also. he loved history book. >> is that right? >> he left -- [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] we have plenty of -- well, we set up here about twenty five minutes ago. okay. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] thank you so much. >> these are 140 years old. [inaudible conversations] >> it's the same -- [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> he's gotten heavier or added some weight. >> he did. who is he -- [inaudible] one of the delegate of virginia when they first decided -- [inaudible conversations] he was just the -- [inaudible] while they were doing the war with robert duvall which was doing the -- somebody said they liked duvall. he was so good. he looked so good. i see turner up there. >> yeah. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] danie
he stopped in pennsylvania to talk about his book about the civil war titled "getties berg." it's twenty five minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] i loved it and thought it was the most effective. create. finish the book last week also. he loved history book. >> is that right? >> he left -- [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible conversations] we have plenty of -- well, we set up here about twenty five minutes ago. okay. [inaudible conversations]...
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kind of going back to what senator arubia was talking about, which sends a you talking about? and do you think president obama is a policy toward was well advised? to the work very well? >> thank you, senator. i don't know if it is good news, but the "is the same quota as this. so my response is similar, but let me start just by saying what i should have said, perhaps, at the beginning which is i have written probably 2 million words in my career, million, 2 million, suddenly lost track. only my husband -- well, there are others perhaps have written more, but he has less -- left most of humanity in the dust. i -- there are things that i have written that i would write very differently today. that is one of them. particularly having served in the executive branch. >> move forward in terms of president obama's policy toward. was that a good strategy? go across the world and that surely provide that medical but? i mean, do you think that was good or bad? >> i'm not sure. now you talking about the reset? >> sure. >> the reset, again, i think is something that has yielded a very co
kind of going back to what senator arubia was talking about, which sends a you talking about? and do you think president obama is a policy toward was well advised? to the work very well? >> thank you, senator. i don't know if it is good news, but the "is the same quota as this. so my response is similar, but let me start just by saying what i should have said, perhaps, at the beginning which is i have written probably 2 million words in my career, million, 2 million, suddenly lost...
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when so many of the tech companies have michelle obama on -- monopoly on the services they provide. would you consider that meaningful as far as providing that information to a certain party? >> i guess the relevant issue is not whether i would but whether the court would. the courts do. the seminole case involving things like bank rhetoric. most have a bank account. and disclose them. telephone companies used to be a monopoly and the telephone calling records were held not subject to a reasonable expectations of privacy. it's the same principle. can looked at exams in the programs to see if they have violated some of these internal controls. >> sounds like what you said that internal controls have never found an instance. priech beyond the authority. one of the skepticism about internal control is they often just like interaffairs the purpose may not look as hard as they should. i think you can put some of that skepticism to rest. as you can tell, how many are done last year and reaffirm the fact they have never found any misuse of these in any program. >> i don't think that's what
when so many of the tech companies have michelle obama on -- monopoly on the services they provide. would you consider that meaningful as far as providing that information to a certain party? >> i guess the relevant issue is not whether i would but whether the court would. the courts do. the seminole case involving things like bank rhetoric. most have a bank account. and disclose them. telephone companies used to be a monopoly and the telephone calling records were held not subject to a...
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today he talked about outlining new initiatives making college more affordable for students. part of that includes a new rating system for colleges based on school cost and overall performance. here is a little of the president talking about that proposal. >> let me just talk about each of these briefly. our first priority is aimed at providing better value for students. making sure that families and taxpayers are getting what we pay for. today i am directing arne duncan to lead an effort to develop a new rating system for america's college before the 2015 college are. right now private rankings by the u.s. news reporter puts out each year their rankings and encourages a lot of colleges to focus on ways of how do we gain the numbers and awards them in some cases for raising the costs. i think that we should rate them based on opportunity. are they helping students succeed? [applause] and on their value to students and parents. that means metrics like how much debt does the average student we went and how easy is it to pay off. how many students graduate on time. how well do g
today he talked about outlining new initiatives making college more affordable for students. part of that includes a new rating system for colleges based on school cost and overall performance. here is a little of the president talking about that proposal. >> let me just talk about each of these briefly. our first priority is aimed at providing better value for students. making sure that families and taxpayers are getting what we pay for. today i am directing arne duncan to lead an effort...
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economy since president obama took office. our guests will look at global energy production and consumption and we will talk with the head of the u.s. energy information administration and the center for strategic and international studies. "washington journal" is live on c-span2 everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this is the history of popular culture. it is a collection of stories, rather, on the history of popular culture. it is quite more than that. i think that what we have been trying to do is figure out more detail with how popular culture impacts the politics and other arenas. it is not just about pop culture and what we have in this way. we have stories about popular music, sports biography, we have history of the media entities, newspaper. there are a range of things and i formulated this and i purposely cast a wide net to see what woodwork. >> war with the founder and publisher sunday at 8:00 p.m. on "q&a." >> a hearing on this year's budget request for this year's park service. in about an hour we hear from the head
economy since president obama took office. our guests will look at global energy production and consumption and we will talk with the head of the u.s. energy information administration and the center for strategic and international studies. "washington journal" is live on c-span2 everyday at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this is the history of popular culture. it is a collection of stories, rather, on the history of popular culture. it is quite more than that. i think that what we have...
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whether we're talking about the keystone x l pipeline and climate change or talking about the crack dob we are seeing in this country on whistle blowers. and extends from one of the government's top secret agency, the nsa, the national security agency which is a number of times larger than the cia, whistle blowers like william and others who joined the nsa. the national security agency they were deeply concerned about national security and wanted to serve their country and started to speak out about what was doing after they tried the channel within the agency. deeply cell phoned about -- concerned about, for example, surveillance of american. they were finding programs were developed to not improve national security but data mine americans. as they spoke out, one by one the prosecution or persecution in the case of william. authorities raided his house, had him at gunpoint. he was a diabetic am pee too. they were charged. under the obama administration, there have been more whistle blowers charged than in all past presidential administrations combined. it's a very serious issue. which
whether we're talking about the keystone x l pipeline and climate change or talking about the crack dob we are seeing in this country on whistle blowers. and extends from one of the government's top secret agency, the nsa, the national security agency which is a number of times larger than the cia, whistle blowers like william and others who joined the nsa. the national security agency they were deeply concerned about national security and wanted to serve their country and started to speak out...
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he gave an extraordinarily comprehensive talk that touched on the many lovers of america and influence and power to make a case for various kinds of power. when it comes to putting it together, is there an obama doctrine, a clinton doctrine that somehow helps explain what we should do and not do and how she do it in a way other doctrines historically played their role? >> as you can tell from what i said, we believe america must continue to be the indispensable nation and global leader on behalf of peace, prosperity and progress and that requires us not only to lead alone, but also build coalitions and network go put responsibility with others and expect them to play their role in a rules-based global order. so it's not always easy to talk about what we're doing every day, everywhere in the world, but if you look at what we've done, we certainly kept faith with that kind of omission. >> i will show characteristics self-restraint as those of you know me and i'll try to have time for a couple. although in the back. just wait for the microphone and let us know who you are. >> i am with nb
he gave an extraordinarily comprehensive talk that touched on the many lovers of america and influence and power to make a case for various kinds of power. when it comes to putting it together, is there an obama doctrine, a clinton doctrine that somehow helps explain what we should do and not do and how she do it in a way other doctrines historically played their role? >> as you can tell from what i said, we believe america must continue to be the indispensable nation and global leader on...
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and i talked with some people who have sat at meetings with an you know. they get access to all the intelligence information that the cia director and other people get. you know, i have been told, and these are people who have no, you know, they have no dog in this whatsoever. well, he discussed the issues in a very serious way. he asked questions. they don't seem to be any of ideological tilt, including questions about the iranian nuclear program. he handled it very professionally. he supposedly rehearsed for these hearings. a quality of his answers when it came under questioning from mccain, it was kind of pathetic. but i don't know. i am pretty sure that the votes are all lined up for him to win. you know, you never know about these things. >> thank you for your talk. can you tell me what you think of the role of the military and this low intensity conflict? in other words, where -- what is the role of the state department? there is no doubt that the army was very, very effective in reducing the enemy. but then it seems that they got a job of social pol
and i talked with some people who have sat at meetings with an you know. they get access to all the intelligence information that the cia director and other people get. you know, i have been told, and these are people who have no, you know, they have no dog in this whatsoever. well, he discussed the issues in a very serious way. he asked questions. they don't seem to be any of ideological tilt, including questions about the iranian nuclear program. he handled it very professionally. he...
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today i joined president obama and vice president biden and countless americans urging congressional leaders to adopt these measures without delay. i would like to also talk about todd jones the director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. it is critical as a justice department component. to eliminate the misguided restrictions that require the atf to allow the importation of the dangerous weapon simply because of their age. it comes time when those of us who must put the interests of those who we are privileged to serve above that it might be politically expedient or professionally unsafe. this is one of those times. to improve our enforcement capacity for lost or are we on the books, by enacting commonsense legislation and limit high capacity magazines, i am confident that we can and will make significant strides in reducing the violence that too often afflict our communities. this administration is determined to take her gun violence prevention efforts to a new level. we get did work with leaders like you to strengthen how we can put an end to these crimes secure a bet
today i joined president obama and vice president biden and countless americans urging congressional leaders to adopt these measures without delay. i would like to also talk about todd jones the director of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. it is critical as a justice department component. to eliminate the misguided restrictions that require the atf to allow the importation of the dangerous weapon simply because of their age. it comes time when those of us who must put the interests...